California license and practice

Mark Angert is admitted to practice law in California and is a member of the State Bar of California in good standing (State Bar of California #238996). Verify the current individual Bar record at apps.calbar.ca.gov/attorney/Licensee/Detail/238996 before hiring an attorney.

Mark Angert is a partner at Solomon Ward Seidenwurm & Smith, LLP in San Diego. He was born in Odessa, Ukraine, and his family immigrated to the United States when he was 12. He earned his law degree from the University of San Diego School of Law in 2005 and his Bachelor of Science from the University of California, San Diego in 1998 (Neuroscience and Mammalian Physiology, minor in Russian Studies); while at UCSD he took part in hemoglobin-based blood-substitute research. Before law he worked at M&M International Trading Corporation, where he led development of its subsidiary Golden Brazil, a coffee manufacturing and trading company, built it into a multi-million-dollar business that was eventually spun off, and rose to Vice President and co-owner of both companies. His practice represents domestic and international clients in business disputes — breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, intentional interference with business, and fraud — in state and federal courts, and he also oversees litigation abroad for long-standing corporate clients in Germany, England, Russia, Ukraine, China and India. He serves as corporate counsel for clients ranging from small domestic companies to large international corporations, advising on entity formation and maintenance and business strategy. His firm-listed expertise is Business & Corporate Law and Business Litigation. His recognition includes Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent Rated 2019–2025, San Diego Magazine’s Top Lawyers in San Diego (multi-year recipient, including Business Litigation; 2026 listing shown), San Diego Super Lawyers 2021–2025, Super Lawyers Rising Stars 2015–2016, Outstanding Young Lawyer of 2007 (San Diego Defense Lawyers Association), Top Verdict’s Top 50 Breach of Contract Verdicts in California 2020, and Corporate Counsel / American Lawyer Top Rated Lawyer and Top Rated Litigator awards. His memberships include the American Bar Association, the San Diego Bar Association, the San Diego Defense Lawyers Association and the California Association for Adult Day Services.

Matters this legal field covers

Business legal work may cover breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, intentional interference with business, fraud, and corporate counsel work including entity formation and maintenance.

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